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Ah Pixar Place. It is so great. There are so many Pixar titles represented, like Toy Story…and that’s it. Seriously! This is an entire street named after a company, yet the only movie that gets any love over there is Toy Story! Putting another attraction there would be expensive, I get it. But even the character meets at Hollywood Studios are screwy.
There seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere.
Sure, you can meet Buzz and Woody here. But how about the other Pixar characters? Well, they are scattered all over the park map of course! You find all sorts in Streets of America (Cars), along the Backlot (Monsters), and at the Animation Courtyard (Incredibles). Pixar is everywhere! But at Pixar Place? Just Toy Story.
How many Toy Story references do you spot? How many other Pixar movie references?
In contrast to this, George Lucas owns half the park, but his stuff is confined to one spot in one land.
Don’t try any stunts, like leaving your little corner of Echo Lake.
The only thing that would make this situation more silly would be if a non-Pixar entity got added to Studio One. Like maybe a temporary attraction. Like a funland of some sort.
Oaken approves. Hoo-hoo.
What I’m getting at here is this: The whole thing is a muddied, jumbled mess. Meanwhile, Hollywood Studios’ sister park, Paris’ Walt Disney Studios, has a much better setup (yeah, you heard me). They have an entire section of the park called Toon Studio, with a sub-land for Toy Story. The toons are all over the place in this fun area.
Righteous! Righteous!
Now, nevermind the rest of that park. That’s a discussion for another day. By the way, why not build Toontown at Hollywood Studios? Seems like a perfect fit for that park.
Anyway, what was I talking about? Oh yes, restrooms.
Pixar’s Pit Stop.
Despite Pixar Place’s poor name for what is offered, the crowds are heavy! If they said “reach for the sky” here, I assume it would be to fit more people into this little street area. Besides Toy Story Mania, this is the closest restroom to Legend of Jack Sparrow and One Man’s Dream. So, you know. Crowds.
Around the corner to the Companion restroom.
There is one small upside to this area: During those torrential Orlando thunder-downpours, there is plenty of cover here. So, my park attack plan is as follows: Visit here in the afternoon to avoid rain, right after a bathroom break elsewhere.
Perhaps in the Fifth Dimension.